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OET (OET-RV) “But listen,” Mosheh told God, “If I’m about to go to the Israelis and if I told them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you.’ then they’d ask me, ‘Oh yeah, what’s his name?’ then what would I tell them?”
OET-LV And_he/it_said Mosheh to the_ʼₑlhīmv here I [am]_about_to_go to the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_say to/for_them the_god fathers_your_all’s sent_me to_you_all and_ask to_me what name_his what will_I_say to_them.
UHB וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לָהֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְאָֽמְרוּ־לִ֣י מַה־שְּׁמ֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer mosheh ʼel-hāʼₑlohiym hinnēh ʼānokiy ⱱāʼ ʼel-bənēy yisrāʼēl vəʼāmarttiy lāhem ʼₑlohēy ʼₐⱱōtēykem shəlāḩanī ʼₐlēykem vəʼāmərū-liy mah-shshəmō māh ʼomar ʼₐlēhem.)
Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And Moses said to God, “Behold, I am about to go to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And they will say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I say to them?”
UST Moses said to God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God whom your ancestors worshiped has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I say to them?”
BSB § Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
OEB No OEB EXO book available
WEB Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”
NET Moses said to God, “If I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ – what should I say to them?”
LSV And Moses says to God, “Behold, I am coming to the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they have said to me, What [is] His Name? What do I say to them?”
FBV Then Moses said to God, “Look! If I were to go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ —then what should I tell them?”
T4T Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors worshiped, has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?”
LEB But Moses said to God, “Look, if I go to the Israelites[fn] and I say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors[fn] has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘Whatis his name?’ then what shall I say to them?”
BBE And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?
MOF No MOF EXO book available
JPS And Moses said unto God: 'Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?'
ASV And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them?
DRA Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they should say to me: What is his name? what shall I say to them?
YLT And Moses saith unto God, 'Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What [is] His name? what do I say unto them?'
DBY And Moses said to [fn]God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The [fn]God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
3.13 Elohim
RV And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
WBS And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say to them?
KJB And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
(And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath/has sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? )
BB And Moyses sayde vnto God: behold when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel, and shall say vnto them: the God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you. And if they saye vnto me, what is thy name? what answere shall I geue the?
(And Moses said unto God: behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: the God of your fathers hath/has sent me unto you. And if they say unto me, what is thy/your name? what answer shall I give the?)
GNV Then Moses said vnto God, Behold, when I shall come vnto the children of Israel, and shall say vnto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is his Name? what shall I say vnto them?
(Then Moses said unto God, Behold, when I shall come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath/has sent me unto you: if they say unto me, What is his Name? what shall I say unto them? )
CB Moses sayde vnto God: Beholde, whan I come to the childre of Israel, and saye vnto them: The God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto you, & they saye vnto me: What is his name? what shal I saye vnto them?
(Moses said unto God: Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and say unto them: The God of your(pl) fathers hath/has sent me unto you, and they say unto me: What is his name? what shall I say unto them?)
WYC Moises seide to God, Lo! Y schal go to the sones of Israel, and Y schal seie to hem, God of youre fadris sente me to you; if thei schulen seie to me, what is his name, what schal Y seie to hem?
(Moses said to God, Lo! I shall go to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, God of your(pl) fathers sent me to you; if they should say to me, what is his name, what shall I say to hem?)
LUT Mose sprach zu GOtt: Siehe, wenn ich zu den Kindern Israel komme und spreche zu ihnen: Der GOtt eurer Väter hat mich zu euch gesandt, und sie mir sagen werden: Wie heißt sein Name? was soll ich ihnen sagen?
(Mose spoke to God: Siehe, when I to the Kindern Israel komme and spreche to ihnen: The God eurer Väter has me to you sent, and they/she/them to_me say become: How is_called his Name? was should I ihnen say?)
CLV Ait Moyses ad Deum: Ecce ego vadam ad filios Israël, et dicam eis: Deus patrum vestrorum misit me ad vos. Si dixerint mihi: Quod est nomen ejus? quid dicam eis?
(Ait Moyses to God: Behold I vadam to filios Israël, and dicam eis: God patrum vestrorum misit me to vos. When/But_if dixerint mihi: That it_is nomen his? quid dicam eis? )
BRN And Moses said to God, Behold, I shall go forth to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of our fathers has sent me to you; and they will ask me, What is his name? What shall I say to them?
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξελεύσομαι πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἀπέσταλκέ με πρὸς ὑμᾶς· ἐρωτήσουσί με, τί ὄνομα αὐτῷ; τί ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς;
(Kai eipe Mōusaʸs pros ton Theon, idou egō exeleusomai pros tous huious Israaʸl, kai erō pros autous, ho Theos tōn paterōn haʸmōn apestalke me pros humas; erōtaʸsousi me, ti onoma autōi? ti erō pros autous? )
3:13-22 Moses’ second protest was that he had inadequate knowledge. He did not know God’s name. This might mean that God’s personal name had not yet been revealed (see study notes on 6:2-3). It is also possible that Moses meant he did not know the secret, magic formula that a man of power might have been expected to make use of. Interest in such things was common in the ancient Near East. God’s direct response is almost a riddle, but the majority of his answer is a statement of his faithfulness in the past and a demonstration of his knowledge of the future. There is nothing magical about the name Yahweh. Knowledge of secret formulas and magic powers is not the issue; the issue is the character of God and his lordship of history. The reason there is “something about that name” is because of the incomparable character and nature of the one who bears it.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical
הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לָהֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְאָֽמְרוּ־לִ֣י מַה־שְּׁמ֔וֹ
see/lo/see! I go to/towards sons_of Yisrael and,say to/for=them god fathers,your_all's sent,me to,you_all and,ask to=me what? name,his
Moses presents God with a hypothetical situation here. The three events (go ... say to them ... say to me) are part of one hypothetical event. You should translate this in a way that makes it clear that this is a future, not-yet-real event.
הִנֵּ֨ה
see/lo/see!
Behold is a term meant to focus the attention of the listener on what the speaker is about to say. In this case, Moses uses it to introduce what he views as a probable future occurrence. Alternative translation: “Now”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go
בָא֮
go
In your language, use go or “come” as makes most sense for Moses’ hypothetical action of going from the mountain to where the Israelites are.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
god fathers,your_all's sent,me to,you_all
This is a second-level quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with second-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation inside a quotation. However, you may also choose to translate it as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “that the God of their fathers has sent me to them”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם
god fathers,your_all's
Here, fathers means “ancestors.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The God of your ancestors” or “The God whom your ancestors worshiped”
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical
מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵהֶֽם
what say to,them
Moses is asking God what he should do as a result of the hypothetical situation he presented (see earlier note). Use a natural form in your language for introducing a situation that could happen. Alternate translation: “If that happens, what should I say to them”